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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
3
A notice urges prompt reporting of any irregularity in receipt papers. It specifies vigilance for subscribers and directs timely communication to the appropriate authorities to correct discrepancies and protect records.
The Weekly News promises a twelve page issue ready on Thursday with broad Frederick city and county circulation. Advertisers are urged to submit new copy by five pm Wednesday and changes by noon Wednesday to gain featured placement and leverage in a wide local audience.
Local items report a 17 pound German carp caught in the Monocacy. Frederick tag program for Hagerstown auto club to run Tuesday afternoon. Front of Rosenoar Sons shop on North Market Street being cleaned with oil. Clayton Troxell adds two new stands at his West Patrick Street green grocery. F. A. Ordeman sells Buckeystown residence to John C. Padgett. price not disclosed. Aston Tanneyhill, long serving in the Fent family, plans to move to Philadelphia. A runaway horse attached to Frank Lakin’s spring wagon startled shoppers on Market Street, breaking shafts and damaging harness before the horse was stopped.
A fragmented poem reflects on September violet, spring’s return, and the cycle of seasons, pondering whether sunshine returns with the thaw. The verse shifts to a nineteenth century style, invoking memory and imaginative revival amid fading time.
In Frederick Circuit Court a $5,000 damage suit against the City of Frederick over alleged water shortfalls to a greenhouse leased by Henry Trail was heard. Edward H. Sharp sues for crop losses from insufficient water. trial continued past 1 p.m. with Judge McSherry presiding.
The United Steam Fire Engine Company’s hose and chemical wagon arrived at 11 18 PM over the N O R from Elmbra. At midnight the wagon was drawn to the engine house by horses as Vice-President John A. Frazier broke a champagne bottle over a wheel and named it Johnny Swamper. The wagon features Nooguam Non Paratus plates and lists purchasing committee members Duntsy Page, Charles M. Hingan, and Charles P. Levy. The engine house hosted many members and others, pleased with the new addition amid ongoing remodeling.
Afr Douglass Hargett owner of all land atop Jigger Hill near Braddock Heights says parties wish to buy for a sanitarium or hotel. He set a price and gave a short option while declining to name buyers. Baltimore doctors are linked to the potential project amid plans for a sanitarium with views over Frederick and Middletown Valleys.
Charles King was fined one dollar plus costs after a disturbance Sunday night before Justice Eckstein. Frank Goins, colored, faced a $2 fine and costs for disturbing the peace on Five and a Half Street. William Gilbert pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. case held under advisement. John Dos, colored, was fined $2 for disorderly conduct. Injuries reported to George Schell a butcher and Charles H. Grean bruised in elevator incident. Charles Grean and coworker bruised. Dr Ira MacConry treated injuries. Harry Creager suffered a one and a half inch elbow gash at the 6x Fibre Brush Works. Dr O F Goodell attended.
Special dispatch reports Admiral Togo's flagship Miksss catching fire at Toro on September 12. The vessel suffered heavy losses with 599 sailors killed or missing. General L. Vistar Baughman shows slight improvement today.
PURELY PERSONAL. Mrs Horatio Waters visiting sister in Baltimore. Mr Shafer T Hargett resting at West Patrick spending time at Atlantic Ocean. Mr Gordon Lugenbee returned from visits to Unionrike. Miss Louise Aaron of Baltimore guest of Mr Jasob Buckey West South street. Mr Douglass H Hargett East Church Street spending day in Cumberland. Mrs Grayson and children of Baltimore visiting Mrs G Jacob Buckey West South street. Mr Henry Vt Heifmeier of Hagerstown returned home after visiting here. Mrs C A Ginser and daughter of New York visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Downing near this city. Mr and Mrs Charley W Lough of Philadelphia visiting Mr and Mrs M A Lough South Market street. Miss Alice R Keefer of Baltimore and Miss Lula Snyder of Ms Pulaski spent a few days in Frederick. Mary E Keefer Mrs W Stanley Swartz and children East Patrick street returned from Kensington Montgomery county. Moessre Herman W Ordemer John Staley Staley Holtz and Robert Umm left morning for Lexington Va to enter Washington and Lee University. Mrs Edward Hahn and daughters Hattie and Margaret and Con Marshall who have been summering at Point Pleasant and Ocean Grove W V have returned.
Kansas officials tout forestry work at the Dodge City station, noting half a million trees distributed annually to western farmers. Trees provide wind breaks, shade, and moisture, with representatives claiming dramatic improvements in western Kansas conditions. Government irrigation tests near Garden City are planned, while the state supplies 500 000 trees yearly at cost.
Obituaries from Woodsboro recount the deaths of Jacob H. Holbrunner elevated to 67, Rebecca Boteler of Magnolia Farm near Weverton, Mrs. John T. Cardwell of Branewick, and Henry Payton Sparks of 310 Blimehart’s alley. Details include Survivors, funeral arrangements, service locations, and burial at Mt. Hope or Laboring Sons cemeteries.
Officials of the Frederick County Agricultural Society prepare for a larger than usual exhibition in five weeks. Ten cent admission will be charged for the dog show as expenses exceeded receipts last year. New superintendent of privileges Harry A. Cramer replaces Samuel V. Doll who declined the appointment.
Maryland Cruiser Fund hits 1 05401 and a $50 000 to 63 000 high school is planned for Hagerstown. Twelve Western Maryland locomotives are to be built. Rev FE B Onnz to lead St Matthew s German English Church in Hagerstown. Delegates named to Inter church Congress in New York. John B M Simpere to be executed for the Elkton murder. Garrell County Republicans nominate ticket for House of Delegates and county offices.
Report from New York City shows the thirteenth annual field trials of the National Beagle Club of America to be held in Stevecocn Maryland with headquarters at Avalon Inn while O Staley Dond of Frederick was named chairman of the arrangements committee. Weather along the trial sites is described as high and muddy at Steiner’s Mill Buskeys Dam Retfenider’s mill and Ceresville mill and the Potomac River at Point of Rocks is muddy. Miss Eichelberger, shot by Lee Weddle at Thurmont Saturday night, was brought to Emergency Hospital and was reported to be doing fairly well the following morning.
Local notice announces Woman's College opening with enrollment in the library on Wednesday the 12th and opening exercises on Thursday the 14th for all departments at 3 9 a m. Friends invited. Instruction offered in Academic branches Music Art Elocution Short hand and Typewriting. Fraxx Rice promotes carpet cleaning services and Dr Wm Taram will be at Emergency Hospital for age work.
A Frederick bank ledger shows assets and liabilities with loans, overdrafts, U S bonds, and reserve funds. Local notices market Baker’s Favorite Flour, various seafood delicacies, coal, and wood suppliers. Community events announce a September 12 meeting to organize a square deal league and a Republican City Committee gathering.
Readied shoppers learn of fall merchandise with elegant Siles on sale, coastal prices, and new lines. The ad touts Nemo Corset, self reducing qualities, and discounted fabrics in Tafeta and Silks. Local mentions include Frederick Md shops, gas ranges on sale, and back-to-school hosiery and undergarments.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces greatly reduced one way colonist tickets from all stations starting September 11 through October 20, 1905. Tickets are sold daily to principal points in Oshforais Arizona British Columbia Colorado Montana New Mexico Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington Wyoming. For tickets and information contact ticket agents.
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